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Shannon car spectacular attracts all manner of car enthusiasts and their rides.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Shannon Car Spectacular moved to golf club

30 Jan, 2020 11:52am
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Car enthusiasts from around the North Island will be turning up to show off their rides.

Transport Minister Phil Twyford said Labour chose to rebalance roading projects before committing any money.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Funding locked in for expressway

29 Jan, 2020 3:37pm
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Rebalancing the entire programme has allowed O2NL to be brought forward.

Long weekends and special events create traffic jams between Levin and Otaki regularly.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

They will build our road

29 Jan, 2020 11:37am
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Work on a four lane expressway is expected to start in 2025.

Pushing yourself all the time at Outward Bound: Jessica Henry half up a rock face.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Outward Bound life changing for Jessica

27 Jan, 2020 10:34am
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"You have to dig deep within yourself."

THE COUNTRY

Plums targeted in brazen theft

24 Jan, 2020 4:09pm
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"It would have been a team effort too with 20 fully laden trees being picked clean."

Levin e-bike entrepreneur Nicola Mischefski on the road to Foxton with one of her hire-bikes.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

E-bikes available for hire in Foxton

19 Jan, 2020 1:56pm
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It's a great way to find out if an e-bike suits you.

Tim Costley, National candidate for the Otaki electorate at this year's general election has a sign along SH1 in Ohau campaigning for a four-lane expressway to Levin.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Costley ramps up for four-lane expressway

15 Jan, 2020 12:09pm
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Expressways save lives says Ōtaki candidate Tim Costley.

Swimmers and surfers enjoying the waves at Waitarere Beach.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Master plan for Waitārere Beach to be unveiled

14 Jan, 2020 12:03pm
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Growth strategy expects 165 homes and 157 greenbelt homes will be required by 2040.

Foxton Beach Beach Wardens and Foxton Beach Community Patrol members.

MANAWATU GUARDIAN

Community Patrol and Beach Wardens join forces

10 Jan, 2020 10:53am
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Speed and fires in the wrong place are major concerns on Horowhenua's beaches.

Dog and owner are being eyed up by sheep.

THE COUNTRY

Interaction between man, dog and sheep

23 Dec, 2019 4:30pm
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You can get really close and see everything at the Horowhenua Show dog trials.

Greenheart Hub's plant nursery is thriving.

THE COUNTRY

Booming nursery established by Greenheart

23 Dec, 2019 8:31am
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There is also the beginning of a thriving vegetable garden.

Dylan Andrews (Electra), mayor Bernie Wanden and Alan Gaskin (ChargeNet NZ) with Electra's car all plugged in ready to be charged at the new fast-charging station on Clyde St in Foxton.

TECHNOLOGY

Electric cars can now recharge in Foxton

19 Dec, 2019 5:00pm
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No need for range anxiety for EV owners with charging stations along SH1 every 75km.

Robert Nicholson of the BNZ and Wayne Bishop with the Deloitte Fast 50 trophy.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Speldhurst makes Deloitte Fast 50

13 Dec, 2019 8:53am
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Construction is leading the boom in demand for more local tradies.

Safe cycling options are poart of the Horowhenua's transport strategy.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Expressway still top priority for residents

29 Nov, 2019 11:12am
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Residents want better public transport as well as cycling facilities and safer roads.

Junior actors take a bow-Manakau School as Jennifer Somervell, author, visits to talk about tales from the farm.

THE COUNTRY

Stories from the farm strike chord with rural kids

29 Nov, 2019 10:16am
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Author tours encourage children to write and show what it takes to write and publish.

KiwiRail launched an ambitious plan for a Palmerston North Rail/Road Hub.

MANAWATU GUARDIAN

Govt prepared to spend big to get Manawatū moving

28 Nov, 2019 8:01am
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A major step forward in New Zealand's approach to freight logistics.

Tim Costley, Nathan Guy and Chris Bishop are supporting a four-lane expressway around Levin, sooner rather than later.

THE COUNTRY

Nats launch petition on four-lane expressway

25 Nov, 2019 1:37pm
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A petition in support of the O2NL Expressway is hoping for thousands of signatures.

Tractor arriving the the Buller Rd intersection with SH1 south of Levin.

THE COUNTRY

Campaign team pushes Twyford on expressway progress

20 Nov, 2019 1:00pm
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Small win for expressway fight as campaign team meets Minister in Wellington.

Children eager to line-up to take a seat inside the helicopter.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Levin School pupils get visit from an Air force helicopter

15 Nov, 2019 11:38am
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RNZAF's hands-on approach delights children who wanted to learn about helicopters.

Scores of toys will make happy faces around Levin thanks to the Menz Shed.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Levin Menz Shed donates toys

14 Nov, 2019 3:37pm
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There are amazing skills among these mens according Menz Shed Levin's chairman.

Early morning traffic on SH1 into Levin at Buller Rd.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Please Minister

11 Nov, 2019 4:04pm
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Community wants four-lane expressway back on the plan.

Re dedication of the memorial plaque for William Ernest Gee. Sunday Nov 10 2019 The Avenue Cemetery in Levin.

NEW ZEALAND

Laying a mystery to rest: UK couple find truth about long-lost uncle

11 Nov, 2019 11:00am
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After an extensive search that provided another mystery, an old soldier has been honoured.

PREMIUM

New air of positivity at council, says mayor

5 Nov, 2019 3:00pm
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Social issues,and fast growth are big challenges for Horowhenua's councillors.

Jenny Warrenbrings a lot of experience working on health issues to MidCentral Health's board.

PREMIUM

What new Health board member says is needed

31 Oct, 2019 12:22pm
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It is so hard getting GPs for Levin or rural and isolated communities.

New Horowhenua District Councillor Sam Jennings says council must have the ability to keep NZTA to its time plan.

WHANGANUI CHRONICLE

Horowhenua is open for business

29 Oct, 2019 11:40am
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Young lawyer keen to promote Horowhenua.

Foxton's Memorial Hall is facing an uncertain future.

PREMIUM

Plans to save Foxton's Memorial Hall

22 Oct, 2019 9:04am
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Keeping the hall in local hands to safeguard future use for community.

Dr Glenn Colquhoun, nurse Carey Merson, and receptionist Michelle Murray of Horowhenua's Youth Health Centre would love to be able to help many more young people.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Horowhenua Youth Health Centre holds meeting

16 Oct, 2019 11:24am
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Horowhenua's Youth health Centre wants to discuss expanding services with the community.

Jenny Warren is looking forward to getting stuck in as a member of the newly elected health board.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Horowhenua will keep a voice at DHB

13 Oct, 2019 10:36am
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Jenny Warren elected to MidCentral Health Board.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

New Horowhenua faces and voices at regional council

12 Oct, 2019 5:35pm
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Changes at Horizons Regional Council's Horowhenua seats.

Cr Victoria Kaye-Simmons lost the race for the mayoralty in Horowhenua but had the highest number of votes for a Levin Ward seat.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Election results seen as vote for positivity

12 Oct, 2019 4:56pm
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Cr Kaye-Simmons loses race for Horowhenua mayoralty and calls results vote for positivity.

Mayor Bernie Wanden, Horowhenua District, said voters have assembled a fantastic team.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Bernie Wanden seals Horowhenua Mayoralty

12 Oct, 2019 4:12pm
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Horowhenua District voters opt for change.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Berrys hand over reins of pharmacies

10 Oct, 2019 2:58pm
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John and Beth Berry are taking it slower, after dispensing meds in Levin for 50 years.

The intersection of SH57 and Queen Street East just out of Levin may get the much desired roundabout, said NZTA.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Transport industry not impressed with progress

8 Oct, 2019 9:49am
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Progress announced for the O2NL 'expressway', but truckers not impressed.

The twenty particpants of the first Young Inspiring Explorers' Summit at the Canterbury Museum. Photo / The Antarctic Heritage Trust

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Meleane dreams of a career in Antarctica

4 Oct, 2019 2:08pm
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Young Inspiring Explorers' Summit at the Antarctic Heritage Centre a treat for Meleane.

Protesters will be pleased there is progress on the highway between Otaki and Levin.

MANAWATU GUARDIAN

NZTA says yes to next steps for O2NL

4 Oct, 2019 12:25pm
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NZTA commitments to progressing O2NL.

Students from the entire Manawatu and even further afield came to Palmerston North to make their voices heard for the climate change action rally. Photo / Oliver Parrant

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

'We're here because we need change': Horowhenua students join climate march

27 Sep, 2019 6:18pm
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Horowhenua students joined the rally in Palmerston North demanding climate change action.

Romen Smith-Bailey, Emily Young, Abbey Su, Luca Sisson (back), Hineata Himiona-Hyland, Zoey Constantine, Lexi McKelvey, Axel Wilks, and Mrs. Kirsty Bennett with the Queen's letter.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Levin East School gets royal response

20 Sep, 2019 8:36am
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Levin East School's room 17 received a letter from the Queen.

Early morning traffic on SH1 in and out of Levin at Buller Rd.

PREMIUM

Locals say they are risking their lives daily

16 Sep, 2019 5:00pm
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A Levin commuter say he risks his life each day he goes to work.

Storyteling event in Te Takere's Youth Space with Maori storyteller Te Kahureremoa Taumata.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Stories for preschoolers celebrate Māori Language Week

11 Sep, 2019 1:36pm
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Māori stotyteller, artist and TV presenter Te Kahureremoa Taumata entertained local kids

A lot of traffic passes through Levin every day and this includes a lot of really big trucks. An expressway would send these truck and most through traffic around the town rather than right through.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Backtracking on expressway not good enough

6 Sep, 2019 1:34pm
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Regional mayors respond to stalled plans for expressway.

THE COUNTRY

Hey pesto! Levin's Genoese an awards finalist

5 Sep, 2019 5:00pm
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Genoese Foods in Levin is a finalist in the NZ Food Awards for innovation.

PREMIUM

'There is an anti-road fixation, and Levin is caught in the middle'

3 Sep, 2019 12:00pm
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Horowhenua may become bottleneck or even black hole if roading not addressed.

George Barnes' model of a Mainfreight truck.

PREMIUM

Grandad's toy trucks make kids smile

28 Aug, 2019 11:00am
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Retired Levin panelbeater spreads happiness with his wooden toy trucks.

Shoulder bag from Refreshed, made with materials destined for the rubbish bin.

PREMIUM

Levin group designs bags made from rubbish

23 Aug, 2019 11:00am
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Passionate designers in Levin are taking rubbish and turning it into designer wear.

Special events bring a lot of people out on to the main highway between Levin and Ōtaki.

NEW ZEALAND

NZTA admits it has no funding for expressway

22 Aug, 2019 11:00am
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NZTA admits it has no money for expressway nor for safety measures for the existing road.

Antony Young enjoyes picking blueberries on his farm after the bright lights of London and New York.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

First tenant signed for new business park

16 Aug, 2019 4:55pm
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Horowhenua New Zealand Trust has resource consent for stage 1 of its new business park.

An anonymous petition is doing the rounds in Foxton, collecting signatures for a boundary changes that would take Foxton and Foxton Beach into the Manawatū District.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Anonymous petition on Foxton boundary change

26 Jul, 2019 9:51am
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Anonymous petition calls for Foxton and Beach to demand boundary change

Andrea Watling of Waitarere Beach and Karina Wight of Foxton's Masonic Village shaved for a cure in July.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

79-year-old shaves her hair to help cancer patients

25 Jul, 2019 9:09am
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Seventy-nine-year old shaves for cancer cure in mid-winter.

Douglas family homestead, built in Bath St in Levin in 1922 and moved to Koputaroa in 2005.

PREMIUM

Why another historic Levin home faces removal from Heritage list

22 Jul, 2019 3:00pm
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Levin architect George Douglas's second family home heritage status also under review.

Alyana du Fresne (16), Hannah du Fresne (16), Emma Clarke, Geoff Lewis, Anthony Young are among a growing group of residents and business owners who want the four-lane expressway built.

PREMIUM

Why Levin needs its expressway

17 Jul, 2019 5:00pm
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Build Our Road is a Horowhenua campaign for a four-lane Expressway past Levin.

Ross Crowe of Crowe Construction received the Priory Vote of Thanks from the Order of St John from Rex Wheeler , who is a a member of the organisation's Central Region Trust.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

St John thanks to Levin's Crowe Construction

1 Jul, 2019 8:47am
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Priory Vote of Thanks to Ross Crowe and Crowe Construction from the Order of St John.

Tomato picking. Horticultural work suits many new immigrants. Photo / File

THE COUNTRY

Employers: Why we hire refugees

25 Jun, 2019 5:00pm
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Two Horowhenua business owners talk about their experiences employing refugees.

Ōtaki MP Nathan Guy leads the protest march about NZTA inaction on the expressway from Ōtaki to North of Levin, attracting many orperty owner affected by the proposed plans.

WHANGANUI CHRONICLE

NZTA inaction leads to protest march

21 Jun, 2019 3:25pm
2 minutes to read

Protest action about the expressway

Members of Jenny Warren's family have witnessed crashes on the intersection of Queen St East and SH57 and find the crossing harrowing.

PREMIUM

At a crossroads: Will this dangerous intersection be fixed?

17 Jun, 2019 11:00am
10 minutes to read

Levin residents are desperate for some action on dangerous intersection.

The house in its current location on a lifestyle block on 69 Taylors Rd in Ōtaki, showing the extended belvedere.

PREMIUM

Why this historic home faces removal from Heritage NZ's books

14 Jun, 2019 5:00pm
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Heritage NZ to make call on removal from New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero.

Antoinette Umugwaneza, from Rwanda, Settlement liason for Palmerston North Red Cross.

PREMIUM

The day two presidents died was the day that changed everything

14 Jun, 2019 11:00am
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Antoinette Umugwaneza and her family fled Rwanda in 1994 ahead of the genocide.

Jackie Combes and Prabin Pudasaini from Foxton are both keen for Prabin to gain more work experience in hospitality in New Zealand.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

More local work experience needed

13 Jun, 2019 10:49am
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Prabin Pudasaini from Foxton is looking for a supervisory position in hospitality.

Fairfield School students in bright clothes celebrated the start of their fundraising for the 40-hour famine last Friday.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Plenty to do during 40-hour long famine

13 Jun, 2019 8:07am
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Horowhenua kids give back with 40-hour famine

St Mary's Anglican Church Levin building deconsecration service Wednesday June 5 2019

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

St Mary's makes way for modern building

6 Jun, 2019 11:41am
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St Mary's Anglican Church in Levin has been deconsecrated prior to demolition.

Grant Stevenson of Ōtaki Beach poses with a sculpture he made, Mirror. He has been awarded a QSM for services to the arts.

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

QSM for former community affairs officer

4 Jun, 2019 11:19am
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Grant Stevenson of Ōtaki Beach has been awarded a QSM for services to the arts.

56a Highbury Drive, Levin, built in 1974 and designed by Rosanno Fan. Photo / Philip Armitage

HOROWHENUA CHRONICLE

Rossano Fan-designed Levin home for sale

31 May, 2019 12:05pm
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56a Highbury Drive in Levin, designed by Rosanno Fan, is for sale.

Shugofa Wahihi, refugee from Afghanistan, cross cultural worker, speaking five languages, for Palmerston North Red Cross.

PREMIUM

No one safe in a country at war

30 May, 2019 1:00pm
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Shugofa Wahidi last saw her husband in 2010 and has had no news about him since.